BrainLAB Hits Medtronic With $6M Bill For Legal Fees

Law360, New York (March 20, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Although Medtronic Inc.'s patent infringement suit was dismissed last year, the company faces a request by the defendant in the case, German health products maker BrainLAB Inc., to shell out more than $6.5 million in legal fees.

BrainLAB submitted its request for attorneys’ fees and expenses on March 12 to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, which ruled last month that BrainLAB should seek legal fees after finding that Medtronic’s counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, had “continued the prosecution of the claims...